um, oatmeal b4 bed, would certainly add mass, but not necissarly muscle mass. I forgot where i read it but eating carbs b4 bed can make the body become catabolic during sleep. And lastly i recommend dairy products like milk and cottage cheese b4 bed because it will "protect" the muscles since dairy products have casein protein.

um, oatmeal b4 bed, would certainly add mass, but not necissarly muscle mass. I forgot where i read it but eating carbs b4 bed can make the body become catabolic during sleep. And lastly i recommend dairy products like milk and cottage cheese b4 bed because it will "protect" the muscles since dairy products have casein protein.

no way eat carbs b4 bed too when ur bulking how is it gona make u in a catabolic state u need carbs for the energy to process the protein

I would reccoment cottage cheese before bed instead of oatmeal. you wan't a slow digesting protein before bed, not necessarily carbs like in oatmeal. These excess cards that your body does not burn off will be stored as fat. Oatmeal is not ideal before bed.

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I would reccoment cottage cheese before bed instead of oatmeal. you wan't a slow digesting protein before bed, not necessarily carbs like in oatmeal. These excess cards that your body does not burn off will be stored as fat. Oatmeal is not ideal before bed.

take the oatmeal with the cheese

i eat loads of carbs b4 bed and im cut when hes bulking hell need all the carbs

dont listen to these ppl who say stuff like "dont eat this, eat this"..........EAT BOTH. Hell eat everything they've listed here and your set. If your bulking any of this is good. If your cutting its a different story. But in both scenarios oats are perfectly good before u sleep.

i eat loads of carbs b4 bed and im cut when hes bulking hell need all the carbs

Just because you're cut doesn't mean its the right thing to do.

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Right. Don't eat carbs before bed you don't need them then. Save them for earlier on in the day.

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i actually read in mens health or mens fitness(not sure which) that oatmeal is an excellent choice right before bed. it also helps you fall asleep easier. i say good

For the love of god don't take advice from men's health.

A king may move a man, a father may claim a son. But remember that, even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that.

Like someone said before, casein protein is good before bed. You need a lot of slow digesting protein. Oats aren't really a great thing to eat before bed. Pure protein will do you much better. Milk and cottage cheese are your friends.

I don't see why oatmeal would be something you would wan't to eat before bed.

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Insulin sensitivity is lower at night, meaning carbs will be more likely to be stored as fat. So no oatmeal or milk. Also, oatmeal digests too quickly to be good at this time, and is too calorie dense. Personally, I eat cottage cheese, spinach, and some good fats, usally fish oil.

If you want to gain mass, of any kind, you need to eat!!! I usually eat about 2 hours before bed, having a bowl of cottage cheese, sometimes mixing in some oats and raisins, washing it down with some skim milk. This mixes some complex carbs from oats, simple carbs from raisins, quick digesting whey from the cottage cheese, and the slow digesting casein from the milk. I'm bulking, so food is my friend, and I love it! If you're bulking...eat...eat...eat...and enjoy!

You guys can eat all the carbs before bed that you want, but when you start collecting unwanted body fat, go look at my "Diet Questions" thread on this site.

Yea , why are so many people disagreeing with me and saying that carbs are fine before bed..?

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"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. " - John Wooden

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing"

Yea , why are so many people disagreeing with me and saying that carbs are fine before bed..?

Most people who are into this "bulking/cutting" crap mind-set think you can do whatever is necessary to add muscle, including adding a ton of fat.

There are more ways to be efficient about building muscle, however if they want to keep their current mind-set, fine by me. They can sit around wondering why they keep gaining only 5-10 lbs. of muscle a year, while some other people that are doing "strange, wrong things" are gaining 20+ lbs a year, with little body fat.

It is the blind leading the blind here a lot of the times, and good information is usually ignored in favor of bad information.